Autodesk CEO Trots Out BSA Line On Software Piracy

Autodesk’s CEO Carl Bass took the stage and was able to trot out the BSA’s BS line about how every pirated copy is a lost sale, claiming that if he could get everyone who used his software to pay for it, he’d double the size of his company. He made this argument as if it’s a policy issue that his company should be doubled in size — ignoring that many pirated copies would never be paid for no matter what or the economic impact of the companies that use unauthorized versions of his software.

Piracy is never going to go anywhere, that much is evident. Any protections that are put on software usually only annoys the very people it shouldn’t… those who legally paid. The common argument is that software should be more affordable, which is true to a degree. It’s hard to justify this in all cases though. For Autodesk specifically, their products cost a lot in the first place, because they are directly used to be huge money makers. It’s really a tough situation to conjure up a simple answer for…

Source: Tech Dirt